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Razzies 2018 – Transformers: The Last Knight leads worst films nominationshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/22/razzies-2018-transformers-the-last-knight-leads-worst-films-nominations
<p>The Mummy and Fifty Shades Darker are also key contenders for the Golden Raspberry awards, as nominations for Hollywood’s annual list of bad movies are announced</p><p>The Mummy, Fifty Shades Darker and the latest Transformers movie, The Last Knight, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=4af5Qcid6jk">are the leading contenders</a> for Hollywood’s annual worst films list, the Golden Raspberry awards – AKA <a href="http://www.razzies.com/">the Razzies</a>.</p><p>All three principal actors of the revival of the 1930s monster pic The Mummy have been nominated: Tom Cruise for worst actor, and Russell Crowe and Sofia Boutella for worst supporting actor and actress. The Mummy has seven nominations, including one for worst remake, ripoff or sequel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/22/razzies-2018-transformers-the-last-knight-leads-worst-films-nominations">Continue reading...</a>FilmAwards and prizesCultureUS newsFilm industryThe MummyTom CruiseFifty Shades DarkerTransformers: The Last KnightMark WahlbergAnthony HopkinsJamie DornanDakota JohnsonJohnny DeppMother!Darren AronofskyJennifer LawrenceJavier BardemMon, 22 Jan 2018 11:56:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/22/razzies-2018-transformers-the-last-knight-leads-worst-films-nominationsPhotograph: Pictures/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: Pictures/REX/ShutterstockAndrew Pulver2018-01-22T11:56:11ZMother! review – a complicated labour for Jennifer Lawrence…https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/17/mother-review-a-full-house-of-horrors-darren-aronofsky-jennifer-lawrence
<p>Darren Aronofsky’s darkly comic blend of home-invasion nightmare and eco-parable takes some digesting – but it’s worth it</p><p>“Nothing is ever enough – I couldn’t create if it was!” You have to admire writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s almost religious devotion to the parable-like possibilities of hyperventilating, surrealist cinema. Having caught critics’ attention with the cult low-budget sci-fi oddity <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/jan/05/features"><em>Pi</em></a> and proved his gritty mettle with <em>Requiem for a Dream</em>, Aronofsky gave us time-straddling cosmic madness in <em>The Fountain</em>, combined ballet with metamorphic fantasy in <em>Black Swan</em>, and conjured gigantic rock-monsters in the quasi-biblical babble-fest <em>Noah</em>. Now with <em>Mother!</em>, a paranoid nightmare that starts out like Polanski’s <em>Repulsion</em> and winds up closer to <em>Apocalypse Now</em>, he has stretched the envelope of outrageous mainstream cinema to breaking point – and beyond.</p><p>We start and end in flames, with an image of a fiery face giving way to a mysterious crystal, which breathes life and light into a charred, blackened house. This is the home of Javier Bardem’s “Him” (all characters are unnamed), nurtured anew by Jennifer Lawrence’s devoted wife. Octagonal in shape, the house variously resembles a vast temple and a panopticon prison, with a sinister hint of the haunted lair from <em>The Amityville Horror</em>. It is a living presence, with a heartbeat that thrums through its walls and floorboards, umbilically linked to Lawrence’s barefoot “Mother” who harbours as-yet-unrealised dreams of parenthood.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/07/darren-aronofsky-on-mother-jennifer-lawrence-was-hyperventilating-because-of-the-emotion">Darren Aronofsky on Mother! - ‘Jennifer Lawrence was hyperventilating because of the emotion’</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/17/mother-review-a-full-house-of-horrors-darren-aronofsky-jennifer-lawrence">Continue reading...</a>Mother!Darren AronofskyJennifer LawrenceEd HarrisMichelle PfeifferJavier BardemHorrorThrillerFilmCultureSun, 17 Sep 2017 08:00:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/17/mother-review-a-full-house-of-horrors-darren-aronofsky-jennifer-lawrencePhotograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount PicturesPhotograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount PicturesMark Kermode, Observer film critic2017-09-17T08:00:35ZVenice film festival 2017: murder and mayhem on the Lidohttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/10/venice-film-festival-2017-murder-mayhem-lido-three-billboards-zama-mother-suburbicon-jim-and-andy
<p>In a festival low on dazzle, a dark comedy thriller from Martin McDonagh shone out, along with Lucrecia Martel’s trippy colonial drama set in Paraguay</p><p>Every major film festival is an island when you’re caught up in it, the outside world only really manifesting itself as pictures on a screen. The Venice film festival, however, really is an island – it takes place on the Lido, across the water from the main city – and the proceedings feel more cosily enclosed than ever, now that the festival buildings are surrounded by an elegant compound of patios and park. You could sit here sipping your spritzer – or indeed, sheltering from torrential rain – and forgetting that exterior reality existed, because only a few films managed to remind you at all persuasively that it did.</p><p>On paper, the 74th festival looked set to be the best in years, especially in the wake of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/27/cannes-2017-nicole-kidman-colin-farrell-sofia-coppola-dominic-west-elisabeth-moss">a lukewarm Cannes</a>, with many hotly awaited titles and a host of big names on both sides of the camera. In the end, little induced either fury or rapture, and many just elicited that Italian shrug accompanied by a noncommittal “<em>boh</em>…”</p><p>I found Aronofsky's Mother! cosmically idiotic. Still, you won’t see a Hollywood film this outre in a hurry</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/07/darren-aronofsky-on-mother-jennifer-lawrence-was-hyperventilating-because-of-the-emotion">Darren Aronofsky on Mother! - ‘Jennifer Lawrence was hyperventilating because of the emotion’</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/10/venice-film-festival-2017-murder-mayhem-lido-three-billboards-zama-mother-suburbicon-jim-and-andy">Continue reading...</a>Venice film festival 2017Venice film festivalFestivalsGuillermo del ToroSally HawkinsMartin McDonaghAbdellatif KechicheGeorge ClooneyDarren AronofskyJennifer LawrenceJavier BardemEd HarrisSteve BuscemiJim CarreyFilmCultureMother!SuburbiconThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriThe Shape of WaterSun, 10 Sep 2017 07:32:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/10/venice-film-festival-2017-murder-mayhem-lido-three-billboards-zama-mother-suburbicon-jim-and-andyPhotograph: FeatureflashSHM/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: FeatureflashSHM/REX/ShutterstockJonathan Romney2017-09-10T07:32:31ZMother! review – no gob left unsmacked in Jennifer Lawrence's anxiety dream of horror and dismayhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/05/mother-review-jennifer-lawrence-horror-darren-aronofsky-javier-bardem
<p>Lawrence and Javier Bardem play a husband and wife whose isolated house is invaded by another married couple in Darren Aronofsky’s black-comic nightmare</p><p>It’s a powerful enough word at the best of times, but the exclamation mark gives it that edge of delirium and melodrama and despair – just the way Norman Bates yells it at the end of Psycho. Or maybe we’re supposed to hear a second, brutal two-syllable word immediately afterwards. Darren Aronofsky’s toweringly outrageous film leaves no gob unsmacked. It is an event-movie detonation, a phantasmagorical horror and black-comic nightmare that jams the narcosis needle right into your abdomen. Mother! escalates the anxiety and ups the ante of dismay with every scene, every act, every trimester, taking us in short order from WTF to WTAF to SWTAF and beyond.</p><p>It’s a very bad dream of very bad things: influenced perhaps by Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby or Buñuel’s The Exterminating Angel and I suspect that Aronofsky has fallen under the spell of the dark master of offensive mischief himself, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/24/antichrist-lars-von-trier-review">Lars Von Trier and his horror film Antichrist</a>. But it is as deadpan comedy that this film can be understood: a macabre spectacle of revulsion, a veritable <em>agape</em> of chaos. The opening act gives us a view of a human heart being flushed down the lavatory - as good an image as any for the film’s mysterious, hallucinatory callousness. Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem are tremendously operatic as the leads and it is great to welcome Michelle Pfeiffer back to the big screen in a pleasingly cruel supporting role. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/04/darren-aronofsky-mother-art-hollywood-secrecy">Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! and the art of Hollywood secrecy</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/05/mother-review-jennifer-lawrence-horror-darren-aronofsky-javier-bardem">Continue reading...</a>FilmJennifer LawrenceDarren AronofskyJavier BardemHorrorThrillerCultureEd HarrisVenice film festivalVenice film festival 2017FestivalsMichelle PfeifferMother!Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:37:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/05/mother-review-jennifer-lawrence-horror-darren-aronofsky-javier-bardemPhotograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount PicturesPhotograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount PicturesPeter Bradshaw2017-09-05T21:37:07ZDarren Aronofsky’s Mother! and the art of Hollywood secrecyhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/04/darren-aronofsky-mother-art-hollywood-secrecy
<p>Little is know about the new Jennifer Lawrence film – and that’s just how the director wants it</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/29/tulip-fever-hollywood-alicia-vikander-harvey-weinstein">Not coming soon: the star-studded films that almost didn't get released</a> </p><p>What is Darren Aronofsky’s new movie Mother! about? He doesn’t want to tell you. Or rather, he wants to tell you that he doesn’t want to tell you. In recent interviews Aronofsky has insisted he wants to keep the details of the film secret, before going on to describe it as “a cruise missile shooting into a wall”, “a very intense ride”, with “home-invasion elements” and other such hints, just in case you thought it might be a sequel to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jul/13/abba.musical">Mamma Mia!</a>.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/15/darren-aronofsky-set-to-direct-channing-tatum-as-evel-knievel">Darren Aronofsky set to direct Channing Tatum as Evel Knievel</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/04/darren-aronofsky-mother-art-hollywood-secrecy">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureDarren AronofskyJennifer LawrenceJavier BardemMother!Mon, 04 Sep 2017 07:59:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/04/darren-aronofsky-mother-art-hollywood-secrecyPhotograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount PicturesPhotograph: Niko Tavernise/Paramount PicturesSteve Rose2017-09-04T07:59:07ZGeorge Clooney, Jennifer Lawrence and Matt Damon jostle for Oscar advantage in Venice line-uphttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/27/george-clooney-jennifer-lawrence-matt-damon-oscars-venice-film-festival-2017
<p>Damon stars in two of the Lido’s big films, Downsizing and Suburbicon, while Lawrence steps into horror movie territory with Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!</p><p>Renowned in recent years as a key launchpad for heavyweight Oscar contenders, the 74th Venice film festival has unveiled a lineup heavy on potential award-season frontrunners, as films start to jockey for position in earnest.</p><p>Alexander Payne, Darren Aronofsky and George Clooney are some of the big-name directors whose films will receive world premieres in competition at the festival, along with indie favourites such as Andrew Haigh, Abdellatif Kechiche and Hirokazu Koreeda, and even Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/27/george-clooney-jennifer-lawrence-matt-damon-oscars-venice-film-festival-2017">Continue reading...</a>Venice film festival 2017Venice film festivalFestivalsCultureFilmAlexander PayneDarren AronofskyGeorge ClooneyAndrew HaighAbdellatif KechicheAi WeiweiMatt DamonJosh BrolinJulianne MooreOscar IsaacDramaCrimeJennifer LawrenceHorrorGuillermo del ToroSally HawkinsBlue Is The Warmest ColourRefugeesMartin McDonaghHelen MirrenDonald SutherlandSam NeillPaul SchraderEthan HawkeStephen FrearsJudi DenchPeriod and historicalJavier BardemWilliam FriedkinDocumentaryMichael CaineTakeshi KitanoTelevisionNetflixErrol MorrisVirtual reality3DMichael JacksonAwards and prizesRobert RedfordJane FondaArt and designMediaMusicTechnologyTelevision & radioWorld newsItalyEuropeVince VaughnSuburbiconThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriThe Shape of WaterHuman FlowDownsizingThu, 27 Jul 2017 12:16:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/27/george-clooney-jennifer-lawrence-matt-damon-oscars-venice-film-festival-2017Photograph: Photo Credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gay/PRPhotograph: Photo Credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gay/PRGwilym Mumford2017-07-27T12:16:01ZPirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge review – plumbing the depthshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/28/pirates-of-the-caribbean-salazars-revenge-review
<p>Disney continues to milk its nautical cash cow with a dismal fifth outing for Johnny Depp and his crew</p><p>Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow in the fifth (fifth!) instalment of Disney’s swashbuckling series. The plot is nominal, and so are the film’s first 90 minutes (Paul McCartney cameo included). Boring and noisy, they parrot their predecessors – ugly, murky CGI visuals, and inane, sexist jokes alike. The introduction of astronomer and horologist Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario) as the smart one is a thin attempt to excuse the quips about her knickers, of which there are several. Javier Bardem doesn’t even seem to be having any fun hamming it up as villainous Spaniard Salazar. The film’s final stretch very nearly redeems things, with an excursion to a glittering island and an almost exciting underwater battle, but its corny, sequel-baiting ending pushed me overboard.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/28/pirates-of-the-caribbean-salazars-revenge-review">Continue reading...</a>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge)FilmCultureJohnny DeppJavier BardemWalt Disney CompanySun, 28 May 2017 07:00:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/28/pirates-of-the-caribbean-salazars-revenge-reviewPhotograph: Peter Mountain/APPhotograph: Peter Mountain/APSimran Hans2017-05-28T07:00:03ZPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales review – Cap'n Jack's panto's backhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/22/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-johnny-depp-kaya-scodelario
<p>There are a few new faces but not many new ideas in the fifth instalment of the increasingly becalmed Disney franchise</p><p>Given the sorry fate of other projects derived from Disney theme-park attractions – <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276033/">The Country Bears</a> (2002), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338094/">The Haunted Mansion</a> (2003) – it’s astonishing that the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise should have remained financially seaworthy through four passable-to-indifferent features. With Pirates 5 (subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales in the US, and Salazar’s Revenge in a number of other countries) the cracks in the hull become unignorable. </p><p>Orlando Bloom has pleaded for reduced participation, handing his sextant to on-screen offspring Brenton Thwaites; Skins alumna Kaya Scodelario inherits Keira Knightley’s corsets. The series, in other words, has entered its Muppet Babies or Scrappy-Doo phase, with all the pop-cultural heft that implies.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/19/kaya-scodelario-nine-times-out-of-10-my-character-is-with-a-guy-twice-my-age">Kaya Scodelario: 'Nine times out of 10, my character is with a guy twice my age'</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/may/16/best-and-worst-rock-star-film-cameos">Beatle overboard! The best, and worst, rock star film cameos</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/22/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-johnny-depp-kaya-scodelario">Continue reading...</a>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge)Johnny DeppWalt Disney CompanyJavier BardemPaul McCartneyFilmCultureMusicAction and adventureComedyComedyMon, 22 May 2017 13:00:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/22/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-johnny-depp-kaya-scodelarioPhotograph: Peter Mountain/Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Photograph: Peter Mountain/Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Mike McCahill2017-05-22T13:00:24ZThe Last Face trailer: first footage out of Sean Penn's notorious African romancehttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/23/the-last-face-trailer-sean-penn-african-conflict-charlize-theron
<p>Penn’s love story about two conflict-zone doctors, played by Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem, was not a hit at Cannes</p><p>Sean Penn has a pretty good record as a director, with films such as The Indian Runner and Into the Wild under his belt. However, he seems to have seriously blotted his copybook with his fifth feature, the war romance The Last Face, which attracted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-last-face-review-sean-penn-charlize-theron-crass-romance-cannes">derisive reviews when it premiered at Cannes in May</a>. Now the first trailer is out, the wider public can begin to make their own judgments on it.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-last-face-review-sean-penn-charlize-theron-crass-romance-cannes">The Last Face review – African conflict is aphrodisiac for white people in Sean Penn's crass romance</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/23/the-last-face-trailer-sean-penn-african-conflict-charlize-theron">Continue reading...</a>Sean PennCharlize TheronJavier BardemWar filmsAfricaFilmCultureWorld newsMarketing & PRMediaWed, 23 Nov 2016 13:20:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/23/the-last-face-trailer-sean-penn-african-conflict-charlize-theronPhotograph: PRPhotograph: PRGuardian film2016-11-23T13:20:24ZPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – watch the trailerhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/oct/03/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-trailer-johnny-depp-javier-bardem
<p>The fifth Pirates of the Caribbean series tells the story of Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) and his struggle with the terrifying “ghost pirate” Salazar (played by Javier Bardem) as he hunts for the Trident of Poseidon. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (previously responsible for seafaring drama Kon Tiki), Dead Men Tell No Tales also stars Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom.</p><p>• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is released on 26 May 2017 in the US, UK and Australia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/oct/03/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-trailer-johnny-depp-javier-bardem">Continue reading...</a>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge)FilmCultureJohnny DeppJavier BardemScience fiction and fantasyComedyComedyMon, 03 Oct 2016 16:02:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/oct/03/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-trailer-johnny-depp-javier-bardemPhotograph: DisneyPhotograph: DisneyGuardian Staff2016-10-03T16:02:33ZPirates of the Caribbean trailer sets sail with Johnny Depp overboardhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/03/pirates-of-the-caribbean-trailer-johnny-depp
<p>First look at Dead Men Tell No Tales, latest chapter in the buccaneering saga, reveals a mysterious disappearance: no glimpse of Depp’s hero Jack Sparrow</p><p>The first trailer for the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Dead Men Tell No Tales, has been released, and contains no footage of its central character Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp.</p><p>Instead, the teaser features a sequence with the series two new additions, Brenton Thwaites and Javier Bardem – the latter plays a ghost pirate searching for Sparrow, and breaks into a jail to demand the former tell him his whereabouts.</p><p><em>Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea ... including him. Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/03/pirates-of-the-caribbean-trailer-johnny-depp">Continue reading...</a>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge)FilmCultureJohnny DeppJavier BardemScience fiction and fantasyComedyComedyMarketing & PRMediaUS newsWorld newsMon, 03 Oct 2016 13:23:48 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/03/pirates-of-the-caribbean-trailer-johnny-deppPhotograph: Everett/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: Everett/REX/ShutterstockAndrew Pulver2016-10-03T13:23:48ZJavier Bardem in talks to play Frankenstein's monsterhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/12/javier-bardem-in-talks-to-play-frankenstein-monster
<p>The Spanish actor is set to tackle the modern Prometheus in Universal’s revamp of its monsters range</p><p>Javier Bardem is in talks to play Frankenstein’s monster in a new series of films from Universal Studios revivifying its classic horror heroes. </p><p><a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/news/javier-bardem-frankenstein-universal-monster-universe-1201799612/">Variety</a> reports that Bardem was in talks for Frankenstein, with the journalist later confirming on Twitter that he was referring to the doctor’s creation, not the doc himself. </p><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To be clear, he would be playing the monster in some form not Victor</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/12/universal-pictures-monster-movie-cinematic-universe">The horror! Why Universal's monster movie 'cinematic universe' is the wrong kind of scary</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/12/javier-bardem-in-talks-to-play-frankenstein-monster">Continue reading...</a>Javier BardemHorrorFilmCultureHorrorMary ShelleyUniversal PicturesTue, 12 Jul 2016 08:53:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/12/javier-bardem-in-talks-to-play-frankenstein-monsterPhotograph: Allstar/STUDIOCANALPhotograph: Allstar/STUDIOCANALCatherine Shoard and agencies2016-07-12T08:53:45ZFalling Down and Jamón Jamón reviewed: archive, 3 June 1993https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/03/falling-down-jamon-jamon-review-1993-archive
<p><strong>3 June 1993:</strong> Joel Schumacher tries for a Taxi Driver of the nineties, while Bigas Luna’s comedy suggests Spain is full of people unable to contain their appetites</p><p><strong>FALLING DOWN<br>Dir: Joel Schumacher<br>With Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall<br>112 mins, cert 18. Empire etc.</strong></p><p><strong>JAMON JAMON<br>Dir: Bigas Luna<br>With Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stefania Sandrelli<br>94 minutes, cert 18. Metro, Camden Plaza, MGM Tottenham Court Rd, Screen/Baker St etc.</strong></p><p>If Duvall is the good side of America and Douglas the bad guy turned worse, where are the ordinary people?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/03/falling-down-jamon-jamon-review-1993-archive">Continue reading...</a>FilmMichael DouglasRobert DuvallPenélope CruzJavier BardemFri, 03 Jun 2016 04:30:28 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/03/falling-down-jamon-jamon-review-1993-archivePhotograph: Allstar/WARNER BROS/Sportsphoto Ltd./AllstarPhotograph: Allstar/WARNER BROS/Sportsphoto Ltd./AllstarDerek Malcolm2016-06-03T04:30:28ZCannes day ten: Elle Fanning, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/may/20/cannes-day-ten-elle-fanning-sean-penn-charlize-theron-in-pictures
<p>Today’s big films are The Neon Demon, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and The Last Face, with Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/may/20/cannes-day-ten-elle-fanning-sean-penn-charlize-theron-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>Cannes 2016FilmCultureCannes film festivalSean PennCharlize TheronJavier BardemFestivalsNicolas Winding RefnThe Neon DemonElle FanningFri, 20 May 2016 17:11:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/may/20/cannes-day-ten-elle-fanning-sean-penn-charlize-theron-in-picturesPhotograph: Regis Duvignau/ReutersPhotograph: Regis Duvignau/ReutersGuardian Staff2016-05-20T17:11:45ZSean Penn in Cannes: 'Too much film today is synonymous with Donald Trump'https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/sean-penn-in-cannes-too-much-film-today-is-synonymous-with-donald-trump
<p>Speaking after a critical savaging for his new film as director, Penn attacks current entertainment trends and describes how foreign aid workers – such as those in The Last Face – are driven by excitement as well as ethics</p><p>The press at Cannes are for a notoriously vocal audience, eager to express their verdict on a film through energetic applause or noisy boos. This year, spontaneous clapping greeted one impromptu song in Palme d’Or frontrunner Toni Erdmann, while Personal Shopper and The Neon Demon were among the higher-profile premieres to earn groans of disapproval. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-last-face-review-sean-penn-charlize-theron-crass-romance-cannes">The Last Face review – African conflict is aphrodisiac for white people in Sean Penn's crass romance</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/audio/2016/may/20/cannes-2016-sean-penn-faces-a-stinker-and-the-neon-demon-glows-the-dailies-film-podcast">Cannes 2016: Sean Penn faces a stinker and The Neon Demon glows – the Dailies film podcast</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/sean-penn-in-cannes-too-much-film-today-is-synonymous-with-donald-trump">Continue reading...</a>Cannes 2016Cannes film festivalSean PennCharlize TheronFestivalsCultureFilmJavier BardemDonald TrumpFri, 20 May 2016 15:03:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/sean-penn-in-cannes-too-much-film-today-is-synonymous-with-donald-trumpPhotograph: Laurent Emmanuel/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Laurent Emmanuel/AFP/Getty ImagesCatherine Shoard2016-05-20T15:03:00ZThe Last Face review – African conflict is aphrodisiac for white people in Sean Penn's crass romancehttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-last-face-review-sean-penn-charlize-theron-crass-romance-cannes
<p>Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem give career worst performances as doctors falling in love in west Africa while black characters are relegated to the background</p><p>When Cary Fukunaga was interviewed about the troubles he faced trying to secure funding for child-soldier drama Beasts of No Nation, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/15/cary-fukunaga-beasts-no-nation-netflix-interview">he said that the process would have been a lot easier</a> if he wasn’t making such a “black” film. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-neon-demon-review-nicolas-winding-refn-makes-zoolander-3-but-erotic-and-evil">The Neon Demon review: Nicolas Winding Refn makes Zoolander 3, but erotic and evil</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/dog-eat-dog-review-willem-dafoe-paul-schrader-ed-bunker-cannes">Dog Eat Dog review – Willem Dafoe is magnificently needy in Paul Schrader's tasty thriller</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/looking-over-ones-shoulder-guide-to-cannes-film-festival">Looking over one's shoulder: how to survive the Cannes film festival</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-last-face-review-sean-penn-charlize-theron-crass-romance-cannes">Continue reading...</a>Cannes 2016Charlize TheronFilmJavier BardemCultureSean PennCannes film festivalFestivalsAfricaWorld newsFri, 20 May 2016 11:48:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/20/the-last-face-review-sean-penn-charlize-theron-crass-romance-cannesPhotograph: PRPhotograph: PRBenjamin Lee2016-05-20T11:48:06ZCannes 2016: big names and some great Brits swell an exciting lineup | Peter Bradshawhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/apr/14/cannes-2016-lineup-peter-bradshaw-verdict
<p>Andrea Arnold seems like the one to watch with her American Honey, while Ken Loach gets tough on food-bank Britain. And look out for the hidden gems</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/14/cannes-film-festival-2016-full-list-of-films">• Full list of films</a></p><p>And so the first green shoots of spring emerge, the clocks go forward, the first cuckoo is distantly heard, and the Cannes film festival’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/14/cannes-film-festival-2016-full-list-of-films">official selection list</a> is announced. Always an exciting time for cineastes, cinephiles, Francophiles, Euro-celebrity connoisseurs, nerds, red-carpet fanciers and of course critics. These are the films that – like it or not – will dominate discussion of world cinema for the year, until the more obvious awards-bait English-language pictures emerge in the autumn.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/14/cannes-2016-ken-loach-andrea-arnold-and-the-bfg-headed-to-film-festival">Cannes 2016: Ken Loach, Andrea Arnold –&nbsp;and the BFG –&nbsp;headed to film festival</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/apr/14/cannes-2016-lineup-peter-bradshaw-verdict">Continue reading...</a>Café SocietyCannes 2016FilmFestivalsCultureFilm industryCannes film festivalBusinessAndrea ArnoldThe BFGSteven SpielbergRoald DahlJodie FosterGeorge ClooneyKen LoachJim JarmuschPedro AlmodóvarAlice MunroShia LaBeoufJuliette BinocheJoel EdgertonIsabelle HuppertNicolas Winding RefnSean PennCharlize TheronJavier BardemSarah WatersPark Chan-wookMarion CotillardAdam DriverKristen StewartWoody AllenOlivier AssayasAmerican HoneyThu, 14 Apr 2016 14:14:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/apr/14/cannes-2016-lineup-peter-bradshaw-verdictPhotograph: PRPhotograph: PRPeter Bradshaw2016-04-14T14:14:06ZSean Penn drama places casting call for day-old babyhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/27/sean-penn-drama-places-casting-call-for-day-old-baby
<p>An advert was placed for The Last Face, which Penn is directing, seeking a newborn for two days of shooting</p><p>An advert was placed on 23 July for a day-old baby to star in director Sean Penn’s next film.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/19/sean-penn-shooting-the-gunman-doesnt-make-me-a-geri-action-hero">Sean Penn: shooting The Gunman doesn't make me a 'geri-action hero'</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/27/sean-penn-drama-places-casting-call-for-day-old-baby">Continue reading...</a>Sean PennFilmCultureCharlize TheronJavier BardemAfricaMon, 27 Jul 2015 10:40:42 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/27/sean-penn-drama-places-casting-call-for-day-old-babyPhotograph: Valerie Macon/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Valerie Macon/Getty ImagesBenjamin Lee2015-07-27T10:40:42ZPirates of the Caribbean 5 delayed by injury to Johnny Depp's handhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/01/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-delay-johnny-depp-hand-injury
<p>The 51-year-old actor’s surgery has shut down production of Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth adventure in the Pirates franchise</p><p>An injury to Johnny Depp’s hand is expected to delay the current shoot for the new Pirates of the Caribbean film for up to four weeks, according to the <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-depps-hand-injury-prolongs-785429">Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p><p>Depp travelled to the US for surgery last month after hurting himself in an off-set accident. His return to the Gold Coast of Australia has now been delayed until the middle of this month, with production of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales shut down in the meantime. It is understood that the 51-year-old required the insertion of a pin in his finger as part of the treatment.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/11/pirates-of-the-caribbean-wannabe-accused-of-pulling-knife-on-film-set">Man with knife (and parrot) aaar-ested after Pirates of the Caribbean incident</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/01/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-delay-johnny-depp-hand-injury">Continue reading...</a>Johnny DeppPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (aka Salazar's Revenge)FilmCultureAction and adventureWalt Disney CompanyJavier BardemGeoffrey RushAustralia newsWed, 01 Apr 2015 11:18:42 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/01/pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-delay-johnny-depp-hand-injuryPhotograph: Ian West/PAPhotograph: Ian West/PABen Child2015-04-01T11:18:42ZThe Gunman review – predictable ammo-porn actionerhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/22/the-gunman-predictable-mmo-porn-action-sean-penn-mark-kermode
Much shooting and precious little else as a ripped-and-tanned ex-hitman Sean Penn revisits his guilty past<p>Fifteen minutes of quasi-earnest guff (replete with respected newsreader cameos) about corporate plunder, genocide, and bloody civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo justifies another 100 minutes of ammo-porn explosive action as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31896287" title="Sean Penn on The Gunman video interview">Sean Penn “pulls a Neeson”</a> under the guiding eye of <em>Taken</em> director Pierre Morel. Penn is the aptly named Jim Terrier, an ex-assassin forced to go “in the wind” after a high-profile killing, abandoning his true love (Jasmine Trinca), who promptly falls into the arms of slimeball Felix (Javier Bardem). But when hitmen come calling several years later, the newly humanitarian Terrier is forced to revisit his guilty past, with predictably runny/punchy/shooty consequences.</p><p>Penn has clearly been hitting the gym and spends a lot of time showing us his ripped-and-tanned torso as he explores another set of “very particular skills”. Mark Rylance does his best to look like he gives a damn as he chews the eye-catching scenery in a Barcelona bullring, but there’s little here for anyone to get worked up about. A novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette provides the source material, but the only real “auteur” here is Morel, for whom this is very much more of the same.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/22/the-gunman-predictable-mmo-porn-action-sean-penn-mark-kermode">Continue reading...</a>The GunmanAction and adventureFilmCultureSean PennJavier BardemRay WinstoneSun, 22 Mar 2015 08:00:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/22/the-gunman-predictable-mmo-porn-action-sean-penn-mark-kermodePhotograph: STUDIOCANAL/Allstar/STUDIOCANALPhotograph: STUDIOCANAL/Allstar/STUDIOCANALMark Kermode Observer film critic2015-03-22T08:00:05Z